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The Fifth Edition Finds The Text Of The Central Nervous System Thoroughly Updated And Revised, Better Equipping Students With Essential Information In The Field Of Clinical Neuroscience. This Text, Reviewed To Reflect New Information As Well As Understanding Of Student Needs For Critical Thinking, Contains The Systematic, In-depth Coverage Of Topics Of Great Clinical Interest. This Text Seamlessly Integrates Data From All Fields Of Neuroscience As Well As Clinical Neurology And Psychology. This Textbook Presents The Functional Properties Of Clinically-relevant Disorders By Incorporating Data From Molecular Biology To Clinical Neurology. Structure Of The Neuron And Organization Of Nervous Tissue -- Glia -- Neuronal Excitability -- Synaptic Function -- Neurotransmitters And Their Receptors -- Parts Of The Nervous System -- The Coverings Of The Brain And The Ventricular System -- The Blood Supply Of The Cns -- Prenatal And Postnatal Development -- The Nervous System And Aging -- Restitution Of Function After Brain Damage -- Sensory Of Receptors In General -- Peripheral Parts Of The Somatosensory System -- Central Parts Of The Somatosensory System -- Pain -- The Visual System -- The Auditory System -- The Sense Of Equilibrium -- Olfaction And Taste -- Motor Systems And Movements In General -- The Peripheral Motor Neurons And Reflexes -- The Motor Cortical Areas And Descending Pathways -- The Basal Ganglia -- The Cerebellum -- Control Of Eye Movements -- The Reticular Formation: Premotor Networks, Consciousness, And Sleep -- The Cranial Nerves -- Visceral Efferent Neurons: The Sympathetic And Parasympathetic Divisions -- Sensory Visceral Neurons And Sympathetic And Parasympathetic Divisions -- Sensory Visceral Neurons And Visceral Reflexes -- The Central Autonomic System: The Hypothalamus -- The Amygdala And Other Neuronal Groups With Relation To Emotions -- The Hippocampal Formation: Learning And Memory -- The Cerebral Cortex: Intrinsic Organization And Connections -- F